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A TIME FORREBUILDING
THE JOURNALServing Downtown & Northeast MinneapolisMarch
25April 7, 2013
B Y M I K E
M U N Z E N R I D E R
The construction at
Orchestra Hall crowds
onto South 11th Street in
downtown Minneapolis
transforming the once
familiar concert venue,
with its blue glass faade
and big blue pipes, into a
confusion of white tarps,
particle board and cranes.
While the Minnesota
Orchestra is at an impasse
with management and
musicians over a new
collective bargainingagreement, the Orchestra
Hall renovation is moving
ahead and on pace to be
done this summer.
The $50 million renova-
tion, which started last
June, is set to update and
improve the performance
spaces auditorium and the
halls lobby area.
Construction is sched-
uled to be complete in July,
before finishing touches
will be completed for the
start of the next concert
A new home forOrchestra Hall//Despite stalled contract
negotiations
for musicians, renovations at the
performance space are moving ahead//
SEEORCHESTRAPAGE 16
B Y S A R A H M C K E N Z I E
The Third Ward City Council raceis shaping up to be one of
the
most competitive for the 2013
Minneapolis election.
Incumbent City Council
Member Diane Hofstede is facing
competition from Jacob Frey, a
civil rights attorney and commu-
nity organizer. (See profiles on
page 14 and 15.)
The new Third Ward post-
redistricting includes neigh-
borhoods downtown and east of
the river, including Bottineau,
Sheridan, St. Anthony West, St.
Anthony East , Beltrami, Nicollet
Island/East Bank, Marcy Holmes,
Downtown East, Downtown West
and the North Loop.
The new City Council wardboundaries go into effect for the
November election. Before the
redistricting process, the Third
Ward included neighborhoods on
the east side and in North Minne-
apolis. It did not stretch into the
downtown area.
Races for city offices are
nonpartisan, but the DFL Party
has long dominated Minneapolis
politics. Hofstede and Frey are
seeking the DFL endorsement,
and have been actively recruiting
delegates for the Third Ward DFL
Convention on May 4 at Nicollet
Island. To secure the DFL
endorsement, a candidate needs
60 percent of the delegate votes.
The endorsing process getsunderway at the DFL precinct
caucuses on April 16. At the
caucuses, delegates will be
elected to ward conventions and
the City Convention on June 15,
said Dan McConnell, chair of the
Minneapolis DFL. Candidates for
mayor, Park Board and the Board
of Estimate of Taxation will seek
DFL endorsements at the City
Convention.
So far, candidates from other
parties have not declared inten-
tions to run for the Third Ward.
The filing deadline, however, isnt
The battle for the Third Ward//Two-term City Council Member
Diane Hofstede is facing
an aggressive campaign from challenger Jacob Frey //
SEETHIRD WARDPAGE 13
B Y J O H N B O N N E S
For Major League Baseball teams, there is awindow of opportunity
to win a championship.Unless, of course, youre the Pirates. Then
itsmore like a knothole. Or the Yankees, who hadsome remodeling
work done in the 90s to havethat wall removed entirely. But for the
rest ofthe teams, there is a window of opportunitythat is largely
determined by the health of theirminor leagues. The Twins window
slammedshut in 2011 when their team was decimatedby concussions,
bi-lateral leg weakness andlocusts. Any hope of it reopening last
year wasdashed when injuries to their starting rotationrevealed
just how barren the minor leaguesystem had become. And,
unfortunately, itsgoing to remain closed this year.
2013 TWINS PREVIEW
SEETWINSPAGE 10
Vance Worley wasacquired to anchor the
Twins starting rotation.
P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O FT H E M I N N E S O T A T W I N
S
Twins fans will have to be patient as
the team breaks in new talent
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